Marvin Oliver News | Legacy, Public Art & Honors

Marvin Oliver | photo credit: Karen Orders

AIS Awards First Scholarships from Marvin Oliver Memorial Endowed Fund

June 16, 2025July 22, 2025
Marvin Oliver Memorial Endowed Fund (category)

Marvin Oliver's "Untitled" totem pole in Victor Steinbrueck Park near Pike Place Market

Marvin Oliver’s totem poles are set to return to Steinbrueck Park

January 13, 2026January 27, 2026
Press (category)

UW student residence to be named for Marvin Oliver

July 19, 2025July 22, 2025
Honors & Awards (category), UW (category)

Marvin Oliver’s Salish Welcome Sculpture Rededicated

July 9, 2025July 22, 2025
Public Art (category)

Restoration of Artist Marvin Oliver’s “Big Bird” Time Lapse Video

May 22, 2025July 22, 2025
Public Art (category)

Ray Troll and Owen Oliver in front of Ocean Travelers mural at the Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Aquarium unveils two new murals from Ray Troll, Marvin E. Oliver and Grace Freeman

October 20, 2023July 22, 2025
Public Art (category)

Owen Oliver

UW Campus Indigenous Walking Tour by Owen Oliver

September 22, 2021July 21, 2025
UW (category)

Raven with Salmonberry by Marvin Oliver

Tacoma Arts Museum: Recent Acquisitions – Marvin Oliver “Raven with Salmonberry”

June 9, 2021July 22, 2025
Museum News (category), Personal Stories (category), Tributes (category)

Artwork by Marvin Oliver, Broadview Branch, Seattle Public Libraries, ca. 2007 photo credit: The Seattle Public Libraries

Marvin Oliver unveils his wall mural at the opening of the Broadview Branch of the Seattle Public Library on December 15, 1975.

September 4, 2019July 22, 2025
Public Art (category)

Marvin Oliver at Familiar Faces & New Voices: Surveying Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum

Native American artist Marvin Oliver remembered for his ‘wild imagination’

July 18, 2019July 22, 2025
Tributes (category)